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This photograph, taken in about 1900, shows the tallest and shortest men in the New Zealand 'Rough Riders' contingent, which fought in the South African War (1899–1902, also known as the Boer war). Soldiering was so important to New Zealand men that some joined the army either under-age or in spite of limited capacity for war.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, R. F. Stace Collection
Reference: PAColl-0277-1
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.